Gone: An Alex Delaware Novel
Written by Jonathan Kellerman
Narrated by John Rubinstein
3.5/5
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It's a story tailor-made for the nightly news: Dylan Meserve and Michaela Brand, young lovers and fellow acting students, vanish on the way home from a rehearsal. Three days later, the two of them are found in the remote mountains of Malibu -battered and terrified after a harrowing ordeal at the hands of a sadistic abductor.
The details of the nightmarish event are shocking and brutal: The couple was carjacked at gunpoint by a masked assailant and subjected to a horrific regimen of confinement, starvation and assault.
But before long, doubts arise about the couple's story, and as forensic details unfold, the abduction is exposed as a hoax. Charged as criminals themselves, the aspiring actors claim emotional problems, and the court orders psychological evaluation for both.
Michaela is examined by Alex Delaware, who finds that her claims of depression and stress ring true enough. But they don't explain her lies, and Alex is certain that there are hidden layers in this sordid psychodrama that even he hasn't been able to penetrate.
Nevertheless, the case is closed-only to be violently reopened when Michaela is savagely murdered. When the police look for Dylan, they find that he's gone. Is he the killer or a victim himself? Casting their dragnet into the murkiest corners of L.A., Delaware and Sturgis unearth more questions than answers-including a host of eerily identical killings. What really happened to the couple who cried wolf? And what bizarre and brutal epidemic is infecting the city with terror, madness, and sudden, twisted death?
Jonathan Kellerman
Jonathan Kellerman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty bestselling crime novels, including the Alex Delaware series, The Butcher’s Theater, Billy Straight, The Conspiracy Club, Twisted, and True Detectives. With his wife, bestselling novelist Faye Kellerman, he coauthored Double Homicide and Capital Crimes. He is also the author of two children’s books and numerous nonfiction works, including Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children and With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards and has been nominated for a Shamus Award.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This novel opens with a young, naked girl running out of a forest in front of an old farmer's truck claiming she was kidnapped. When it turns out to be a hoax perpetrated by two wanna be actors/actresses, Alex is asked to evaluate Michaela to see if she is mentally stable. Shortly after meeting with her, he is told the case has been settled. Shortly after that, it all come to an ugly head when she is found murdered and left in a vacant lot. Milo is on the case and immediately calls Alex. The two fo them take on the case. Alex is a psychologist, but he is more like a detective the way he works with Milo to solve this case. One question leads to another and another. One suspect leads to another and another. Lots of suspects, more victims, missing persons, questionable property owners and a helpful neighbour all populate this story. Once again Milo plays the big yet unassuming detective that people talk to and Alex plays his role as sidekick and shrink to the tee. This is not a novel full of action, it is a slow, dramatic story that relies a lot on dialogue between Alex, Milo and those they are interviewing. It was not the best Alex Delaware novel I have read, but it was still enjoyable.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Typical Kellerman. Never fails to entertain.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Enough murders, too many suspects, twists and turns to keep you up all night--reading. What has Dr. Delaware got himself into? One of Jonathan Kellerman's best.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I found this to be a disappointing story. It is slow and plods along. I've read better Kellerman books.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The first half drags ridiculously. I'm not going to encourage him by buying any more of these books.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mildly interesting, twisted story of a seriously dysfunctional family. I think it gets to the point that it is impossible to invent worse horror. We are told that Alex is really spooked, but I do not feel it. The bomb shelter was not described in enough detail to gross me out. Actually, the best action scene was the sub-plot where Alex blows out the knees of a deranged psychologist.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Delaware and Sturgis team up to investigate the murder of a Hollywood hopeful and stumble into a series of linked murders of would-be stars.The writing and style are definitely Kellerman-quick and to the point. This book does a better job of keeping the plot interesting with all new twists and turns. No boring moments. Kellerman seem seems to be "softening" Sturgis but not sure if this is going to really develop into anything. Delaware gets beat up some in this one which is unusual for an analytical bystander. There is one entirely hillarious, laugh out loud chapter with a heavily sedated Alex Delaware in the hospital bed-I could use more chapters like that. All in all this book is better than some of Kellerman's other works but the antagonists are gory and deeply disturbed.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dylan Meserve and Michaela Brand, young lovers and fellow acting students, vanish on the way home from a rehearsal. Three days later, the two of them are found in the remote mountains of Malibu. They were carjacked at gunpoint by a masked assailant and subjected to a horrific regimen of confinement, starvation, and assault. Before long, the abduction is exposed as a hoax and the aspiring actors are exposed as criminals themselves. Michaela is examined by Alex Delaware, the case is closed, but reopened when Michaela is found savagely murdered. Dylan has disappeared and Delaware and Sturgis start their search.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Several murders are committed over a several years. All are related to an acting school in LA. The culperate is a family leader who is manipulating some of the family members to rape and kill the people because they remind him of his mother and father.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Really bad, couldn't get past the first five chapters. Slow, irrelevant intro failed to grab me. I didn't even get to the girl character's murder (as promised on the book jacket.) DNF.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Another Delaware, ho hum. Fot those that like this sort of thing they'll like this sort of thing. It's better than a wet Thursday in Ballybunion in February - or at least it'll pass the day.